OTBC - view from across carpark

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

OTBC - Carpark & lounge side showing broken windows

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

20121112_2364_G12-12 Farmers Carpark Building

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Being demolished.

OTBC - view from door to back rooms behind stage towards side door leading…

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

20130130_1837_1D3-40 Forsythe Barr

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Verandah roof of former Central Library on left. Rubble is from the former Farmers building and carpark.

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Nothing wrong with this carpark building; that's just a mural on one of the structural shear walls.

20130901_2869_1D3-150 Wilson City!

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As buildings are demolished as a result of the earthquake in 2011, Wilson Carparking are waiting to pounce on each bit of vacant land. Someone suggested about a year ago that the city be renamed "Wilson" as that name appears more in the central city than Christchurch does! In the background the CERES NZ nibbler attacks the support structure fo...

20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)

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One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...

20130627_8864_1D3-32 Pay Here

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Maybe it should be titled "Pray Here"! The old church buildings next to the Christchurch Basilica (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament) have been demolished and replaced with ANOTHER Wilson's Car Park. Hundreds of sites in the city where buildings have been demolished after the earthquakes have been replaced in the short term by car parks!